afraid of my own shadow
walking after curfew
on Nairm’s Spring’s edge
Tag: haiku
water hydrant bursts
on my street too close to home
lockdown 6.1
parting one point five
among the lavender
a myna feather
five k ruled radius
behind a fence
frayed bird of paradise
mask-less men at work
the seven sides of a stop sign
a grey gum forks
electric wires
my muzzled breath
distant school bell sings
suitcase on the nature strip
in roller-blade knee pads
an old man paints
the broken lock
on a gate that swings
stage four curfew
eight pm
rings around the August moon
3rd August 2020, Melbourne
dirty rain;
baby sparrow
dead on driveway
POST INDUSTRIAL SMS RENKU is produced by Rebecca Sullivan and Brett Gili. Taken from real life SMS interactions, the collaboration plays with the traditional conventions of haiku to highlight the tension between Feminine and Masculine, Nature and Industry, and Love and Destruction.
dandelion clocks –
a forecast of wind
his nails are blunt
on the wine class
the candle’s reflection
Out back rest stop
he waits in the car
the engine on
Banksia
bleeding
from my centre
He takes our photo
the horizon
is crooked
linen strips
a stain for a head
flowers cut into an imperfect circle
becopoetry 